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Also today, new treatments offer hope to diabetics.
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We'll have reaction from across the state as the Martinsville Speedway is sold to a new owner.
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Plus Mike Stevens will have qualifying results from Richmond.
News 7 at 5 is next.

[5-Martinsville]

The Martinsville Speedway has new owners.
Speedway President Clay Campbell announced today that he has sold his remaining 50 percent ownership of the race track to the International Speedway Corporation.
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Steve Mason joins us from the half mile track with all the details.
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[5-Warner-Speedway]

Governor Mark Warner says he'll do all he can to keep the Nextel Cup series at the Martinsville Speedway.
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Warner says he's "concerned" about the sale of the track.
But he says his administration plans to lobby both NASCAR and NEXTEL to ensure that the races remain at Martinsville.
He says keeping the series there is good for Southside Virginia as well as NASCAR fans.
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((GOVERNOR MARK WARNER: I THINK RACING FANS LOVE TO SEE COMPETITION ON THESE SMALL TRACK COURSES. THAT'S WHAT MARTINSVILLE OFFERS. MARTINSVILLE HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS THERE. THE STATE HAS PUT MONEY IN THROUGH THE TOBACCO COMMISSION IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE TRANSPORTATION ACCESS IS EASIER. I'M STILL VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE LONG TERM FUTURE OF RACING IN MARTINSVILLE.))
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Warner says NASCAR grew up in small communities like Martinsville and that the organization should not forget its roots.
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[5-Vick]

The prosecution has rested in the case of three Virginia Tech football players accused of contributing to the delinquency of minors.
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Marcus Vick, Mike Imoh, and Brenden Hill have all pleaded not guilty to charges they gave teenage girls alcohol and took pictures of them as they stripped.
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Vick is accused of having sex with one of the girls who was 15 at the time.
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Rachel DePompa is at the County Administration Building in Christiansburg. Rachel were does the case stand now?
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Still to come on the newscast,
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the U-S leader in Iraq says American forces would leave the country if asked.
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As the transfer of power to the Iraqis is drawing closer- the top U-S administrator there says if the new Iraqi government asks U-S troops to leave, they'll do so.
But Paul Bremer says he doesn't think that's likely to happen.
Meanwhile the fallout from the abuse scandal continues as Cami McCormick reports from Baghdad.
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It was the day of freedom for 300 detainees at Baghdad's notorious Abu
Ghraib prison...
Many flashed "V" for victory signs as their buses pulled away.
Their welcome home was joyous. From anxious relatives who'd worried
about their fate. Many of the detainees, however, did have tales of
abuse.
Pisoner detailing abuse:
"They stripped me and kept me naked, this man said. They beat me and sprayed cold water on me."
Another claimed he was forced to strip naked in front of female guards.
CAMI MCCORMICK: TERRIBLE, FAMILIAR TALES...JUST ONE DAY AFTER A VISIT TO BAGHDAD BY
DEFENSE SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD. BUT MILITARY OFFICIALS HAD ANNOUNCED
THEY WOULD MAKE AN EFFORT TO REDUCE OVERCROWDING AT THE NOTORIOUS
PRISON...SO MORE RELEASES ARE EXPECTED.
That while more criminal charges are levied against U-S soldiers
allegedly involved.
General Mark Kimmitt/Coalition Spokesman
Charges were referred against Specialist Charles A. Graner to a general courtmartial.
Graner faces 7 charges including adultry.
Elsewhere in Iraq, rebel cleric Muktada al Sadr managed to slip past U-S tanks and checkpoints to travel from Najaf to nearby Kufa, where he delivered his weekly sermon. He blasted the U.S. and claimed the beheading of American Nicholas Berg was fabricated to draw attention away from the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal.
In Najaf and Karbala, al Sadr's forces fought fierce battles with U-S
troops. At a vast cemetary in Najaf, fighters are said to be hiding in
underground catacombs.
The U-S military had hoped to avoid incursions into such holy sites, but the offensive there appears to indicate it's patience is running out.
And in a further heightening of the tenion, al Sadr's men also warned
U.S. forces to stay out of the city of Nasiriya. The war here is far
from over.
Cami McCormick, CBS News Baghdad))

[5-Diabetes]

Insulin shots could soon be a thing of the past for some diabetics.
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David Harrison is part of a clinical trial testing an insulin inhaler which is another option for those diabetics who dread regular injections.
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((THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER, HAVING INHALED INSULIN WITHOUT THE FEAR OF NEEDLES AND WITHOUT THE FEAR OF HAVING TO DO IT IN PUBLIC))
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[VO-NAT]

Another treatment is also in the works that could help the more than 20 million Americans who have pre-diabetes.
Right now, the only prevention for pre-diabetics is drastic lifestyle changes.
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((TO THE EXTENT THAT I COULD LOWER MY WEIGHT AND LOWER MY BLOOD PRESSURE, I STAND A GOOD CHANCE OF NOT GETTING DIABETES. ))
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[VO-NAT]

But doctors think the drug Actos which is now used to treat diabetes, may prevent the disease as well.
And prevention could be key, the CDC estimates the number of diabetics in the country to rise to 45 million by the year 2050.
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Up next on the newscast, a new art studio in Salem helps you turn mud into masterpieces...
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Good afternoon folks - what a Friday this has been on the NASCAR front.
Earlier in the newscast Steve Mason checked in Martinsville with details of the sale of the track to ISC - International Speedway Corporation for $192 million dollars.
That announcement came in Henry County this afternoon at 2pm, but earlier today in Richmond - NASCAR president Brian France addressed the future stability of racing in the Commonwealth.
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We'll have more on the sale of the track at the top of the hour and Steve Mason will join us LIVE from the track in sports and we also will take a look back the history of the track dating back to 1947.

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The circuit is in Richmond this weekend for the Chevy Revolution 400 Nextel Cup race tomorrow night under the lights.

[S5-GOLF]

The 21st annual Scott Robertson Memorial golf tournament opened this morning.
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The Roanoke Country Club is, as always, playing host to more than 150 of the top junior golfers in the entire world.
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I'll see you back here at the top of the hour.
Take care everybody.

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Four students at Lincoln Terrace Elementary School say they have a new love of mechanical engineering after winning a roller coaster design contest.
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The fifth grade girls recently won first place in their division in a contest sponsored by Carowinds amusement park in North Carolina.
With help from a mechanical engineering instructor from Virginia Tech the girls designed and built a model coaster out of wood.
The say it was complicated.
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((DATREA MUSE/CONTEST WINNER: I LEARNED HOW TO DO SUPPORT ON THE ROLLER COASTER, HOW YOU HAVE TO CROSS THE STICKS FOR SUPPORT, THE KIND OF MATERIALS YOU NEED TO USE, THE KIND OF TECHNIQUE.))
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Nine students, including five boys, had initially expressed interest in the contest but only the girls finished the project.
Andrea Bryant, Datrea (DAY-tree-ah) Muse, Kimberly Thomas and Jasmine Welch each received two free tickets to the Carowinds park and will share a plaque that'll go on display at the school.
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[5-Fire-knife]

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One hot competition going on this weekend in Hawaii.
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It is the world competition for top fireknife honrs.
Contestants from the around the world have converged on Oahu to compete.
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[VO-NAT]

Past winners have gone on to perform in productions like Cirque du Soleil-
The dance, though originated in Samoa, is now common at Hawaiin Luaus.
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